This week's major U.S. economic reports (November 29 - December 3)

[mahatmakanejeeves]

THIS WEEK'S MAJOR U.S. ECONOMIC REPORTS & FED SPEAKERS

TIME (ET) REPORT PERIOD ACTUAL MEDIAN FORECAST PREVIOUS

MONDAY, NOV. 29
10 am Pending home sales Oct. 0.7% -2.3%

TUESDAY, NOV. 30
9 am S&P Case-Shiller home price index (year-over-year change) Sept. -- 19.8%
9:45 am Chicago PMI Nov. 69.0 68.4
10 am Consumer confidence index Nov. 110.0 113.8

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 1
8:15 am ADP employment report Nov. 480,000 571,000
9:45 am Markit manufacturing PMI (final) Nov. 59.3 59.1
10 am ISM manufacturing index Nov. 61.0% 60.8%
10 am Construction spending Oct. 0.5% -0.5%
2 pm Beige Book

THURSDAY, DEC. 2
8:30 am Initial jobless claims (regular state program) Nov. 27 245,000 199,000
8:30 am Continuing jobless claims (regular state program) Nov. 20 -- 2.05 million

FRIDAY, DEC. 3
8:30 am Nonfarm payrolls Nov. 581,000 531,000
8:30 am Unemployment rate Nov. 4.5% 4.6%
8:30 am Average hourly earnings Nov. 0.4% 0.4%
9:45 am Markit services PMI (final) Nov. 57.2 57.0
10 am ISM services index Nov. 65.0% 66.7%
10 am Factory orders Oct. 0.4% 0.2%
10 am Core capital goods orders (revision) Oct. -- 0.6%

[Tomconroy]

1. If you owned a house and a broad based index fund this

has been a pretty damn good year.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. Good morning. I didn't know anyone actually read these. NT

[Tomconroy]

3. Good morning. I always take a quick glance.